Shinobu Fukuhara was taken off the active roster on Sunday with tightness in his right adductor muscle. He started complaining of the tightness after his relief appearance on Saturday. Source: Sanspo 5/11/2014, Sponichi 5/11/2014

Taketoshi Goto was taken off the active roster on Sunday with an injury to his left adductor muscle. Goto suffered the injury during Saturday's game against Yakult. He will require at least a week for a full recovery. Source: Sponichi 5/11/2014

Rakuten Eagles

1st round draft pick Yuki Matsui's relief outing on Saturday was cut short because of back tightness. He told reporters on Sunday that his back felt fine. Source: Nikkan Sports 5/11/2014

Seibu Lions

Ginjiro Sumitani took a ball hit by Yuichi Honda off the lower abdomen during the 5th inning of Sunday's game against the Seibu Lions. He was removed from the game and taken to the hospital. He was diagnosed with bruise. Source: Nikkan Sports 5/11/2014

Orix Buffaloes

Yoshio Itoi took an HBP off his right knee during Friday's (May 9) game against Nippon Ham. He asked to do his own thing during pre-game workouts on Saturday -- he got treatment for the knee and worked on his hitting in the indoor facilities. Source: Daily Sports 5/11/2014

Taketoshi Goto was he was hit by a pitch in the 4th inning of Saturday's game against the Chunichi Dragons and replaced by a pinch-runner. He went to a Nagoya hospital for x-rays and was diagnosed with a bruise on his right elbow. He is considered day-to-day.

Yoshio Itoi took an HBP near his right elbow in the 6th inning of today's game against the Chiba Lotte Marines and replaced by a pinch-hitter in the 7th. He was later taken to a hospital in Narashino and diagnosed with a bruise.

Kiyoshi Nakahata told Kimiyasu Kudo he was more than welcome to watch games from the dugout, so long as he became a team advisor. The invite may not have been serious, but Kudo did tell reporters he was interested in doing what he could to help the team get better.

Nakahata had to walk to the stadium on Thursday because the battery in the team car died. So the trip to the stadium that usually takes two minutes by car, took about twenty-two minutes by foot. And along the way, he was surrounded by fans seeking photos and autographs.

Kiyoshi Nakahatatried to give pitchersShugo Fujii, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yuki Kuniyoshi, Kentaro Takasaki, Hitoshi Fujie, and Yota Kosugi a fielding workout on Wednesday, but had trouble remembering their names and making good contact with the baseballs. The players, in turn, playfully jeered back at Nakahata.

Nakahata also spent some time givingYoshitomo Tsutsugo hitting advice on Wednesday and later told reporters he did not mind if Tsutsugo forgot everything he said because it was important for players to understand and accept idea; nothing should be forced. He would, however, like Tsutsugo to smile a little more when he does well.